Best King Cakes...

[Jesse]

Who do yall think has the best King Cakes? I had one at my folks' New Years party from Gambinos and it was damn good. Mandeville Bake Shop has always made a very good one. I've been out of the city for almost three years and I know I'm not current. Who's your favorite?

[RouxTheDay]

Hi Ho (?) bakery on Terry Parkway. No contest, IMO.

[BobRSnow]

Hi Ho (?) bakery on Terry Parkway. No contest, IMO.
Feel free to bring me one when you come by. :)

[EatinAintCheatin]

Cajun Pecan House in Cut Off, La. Filled with tons of pecans.

[kcdixiecat]

Granted..we're not from here and haven't tried all of them..but we enjoy Haydel's

[BTG]

Haydels cream cheese filled.

Manny Randazzos is better sometimes, but they sell out so quick during mardi gras that it is hard to get one.

[justagirl]

I'm a Randazzo's fan myself.

[RouxTheDay]

Hi Ho (?) bakery on Terry Parkway. No contest, IMO.

Passed there tonight during my quest for boiled crabs...it's Hi-Do.:covri:

[praline]

Heard this morning that a Randazzo's outfit (I believe the ex-wife) will be selling out of Sal's Snowball stand on Metairie Rd. That is all but 3 blocks from me. Uh oh!

[buzd]

Haydels cream cheese filled.


Please don't fill my king cakes with anything. Terrible.

[globe9]

Call me crazy, but I've never really been a big fan of the King Cake...not even as a kid, but I do like one particular kind and this is probably where you will all call me crazy, but I like the Tastee Donuts King Cake....it's basically a glazed donut shaped like a King Cake with the purple, green, and gold sprinkles. I like glazed donuts, so it's no surprise I like this King Cake. The Tastee on Clearview and W. Metairie(across from the Krispy Kreme) still sells them and I usually pick 1 up around Mardi Gras.

[RouxTheDay]

Feel free to bring me one when you come by. :)

Maybe we should each buy our favorite and do a blind king cake tasting at your facility...and you supply the coffee. :D

[BobRSnow]

Maybe we should each buy our favorite and do a blind king cake tasting at your facility...and you supply the coffee. :D

Deal! I'll bring one from Haydel's Bakery.

[jodyrah]

La Boulangerie's French used to be a favorite. Last week's was disappointing with very little almond paste. Tried Rouse's plain and cream cheese. Much prefered the plain, lots of layers/ cinnamon.

[BTG]

Heard this morning that a Randazzo's outfit (I believe the ex-wife) will be selling out of Sal's Snowball stand on Metairie Rd. That is all but 3 blocks from me. Uh oh!


Yeah, that is Dianne Randazzo.
Manny bought her out of the business for $800K, then she turns right around and opens her own place using his last name. :) I wonder if his lawyers just forgot to put a non-compete clause in the paperwork during the buyout of if she wouldn't accept one.

[RouxTheDay]

They had one of her cakes in my office today and said she opened on River Oaks out here in Elmwood....?

[Rex Spook]

Yeah, that is Dianne Randazzo.
Manny bought her out of the business for $800K, then she turns right around and opens her own place using his last name. :) I wonder if his lawyers just forgot to put a non-compete clause in the paperwork during the buyout of if she wouldn't accept one.

Read story here:

http://www.nola.com/business/t-p/index.ssf?/base/money-4/1230491101263990.xml&coll=1&thispage=3

[Suzy Wong]

I never understood how King Cake morphed into cinnamon coffee cake with goo like filling:eek: and tasteless white alien icing.


I liked the plain Mckenzie's brioche with the granulated/fine colored sugar.

Tastee donuts donut like king cake, which they have at the Tastee on the corner of Transcontinental and W Esplanade.

The now closed La Spiga bakery had a great Queen's cake, with a light almond taste and edible flowers, it was really good.

My dad got one from Dong Phoung Vietnamese bakery, it has cinnamon, but it's very light, my son liked it....and my mom said the baby looks like it's 6 months old...it's huge....AHHAAA

[JudiB]

Cajun Pecan House in Cut Off, La. Filled with tons of pecans.

:) The lady that makes those is a friend of my daughter's. They are outstanding, that's for sure.

I'm a Randazzo's fan myself.

Me too, Justa. Never was a fan of the dry bread topped with gritty colored sugar.

[Yvette]

Yeah, that is Dianne Randazzo.
Manny bought her out of the business for $800K, then she turns right around and opens her own place using his last name. :) I wonder if his lawyers just forgot to put a non-compete clause in the paperwork during the buyout of if she wouldn't accept one.

I saw her ad in the paper, and it said she was in River Ridge.

BTW, I don't blame her one bit....he had the mistress working in the store with her, in front of her face.

[Rex Spook]

I saw her ad in the paper, and it said she was in River Ridge.

BTW, I don't blame her one bit....he had the mistress working in the store with her, in front of her face.

Pics ?

[BTG]

Pics ?

Not anything special. Looks somewhat similiar to Diane if my memory is correct.

[tlake]

I like all the Randazzos king cakes the best and now I have one by my home and by work. They have a new one called Diane Randazzos in elmwood and they have another one at Sals snowball in metairie. I had one the other day and their :)wonderful and the filings like praline are made from real pralines... you can see them in the cake it's awesome.

[JudiB]

Randazzo's has a praline filled kingcake? WooWOO! (lol, that's the last thing I needed to know, sigh....)

[flyinbayou]

Had Randazzo's ex-wife's(?) king cake the other night. Meh. Nothing special.

Original Randazzo's is better. She should have taken the time to copy the recipe.:D

I do like Haydel's cream cheese KC also. Maybe it's mental but the cream cheese seems to cut some of the sweetness.

[Yvette]

Had Randazzo's ex-wife's(?) king cake the other night. Meh. Nothing special.

Original Randazzo's is better. She should have taken the time to copy the recipe.:D


Really, that is interesting. I have not had her's yet.
I thought I read, she did have the original recipe.

I am trying to behave, getting in shape for my ski trip, don't need the extra calories. I'll wait till right before the season ends.

I do the same with snoballs. I wait till they are about to close before I get one. Ya know that thing about betcha can't eat just one. If I started on king cakes now, I'd be buying one a day.

[buzd]

Really, that is interesting. I have not had her's yet.
I thought I read, she did have the original recipe.


That's what I thought, too. I had a piece of Manny's yesterday and about went into diabetic shock. Damn, that's a lot of sugar.

[edible complex]

Sam's on Airline is selling some from a place located in Harahan. many varieties to choose from. didn't try the sample though, so can't say if they're good.

I still like my Haydel's.

[Gourmondo]

I never have been a fan of king cakes. Tons of sugar to no good purpose, IMHO. The only kind I have cared for were the simple ones Maurice's used to do with the almond paste. I assume he still makes those, but I am not intrigued by them enough to find out.

Re: the Randazzo story, sad that it came to that. Maybe someone should create the Mistress Cake. Whoever finds the figurine of the cheap tart from Metry pays the divorce settlement.

[praline]

Had a bite of Dianne Randazzo's praline king cake a couple of weeks ago. I thought it tasted just like the Randazzo's on N. Hullen. Lord knows I had enough of those in my day, I used to work across the parking lot from their store :( That said, I don't need to spend that kind of money on a pile of sugared cinnamon dough.